Road construction worker injured by machinery in East Syracuse

East Syracuse, NY -- A 30-year-old construction worker was injured this morning at the site of road construction on Bridge Street in East Syracuse, the chief of that village's police department said.

The male worker, who has not been identified, was placing a metal sleeve onto a drill rig at the construction site at abouit 10:45 a.m. when his hand got caught between the sleeve and the drill rig, Chief Dan Morris said. His co-workers freed the man before police arrived, Morris said.

The man was taken to Upstate University Hospital with what was described as a severe laceration.